Hello,
It seems to me that this is an insolubale problem. The 'Joe six pack' crowd
will never be able to outhack someone who is au currant and deals with
networking day in and day out, even if they understand the need for
protection. As they say, 'where there's a will there's a way.'
-Jim
On Saturday 16 August 2003 03:32 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote:
> Great attitude!
>
> Since when does someone with a lack of knowledge deserve to be harmed?
> When you first started using computers did you deserve to have your
> computer hacked every day until you knew how to adequately secure it?
> When you learned to walk did you deserve to have your parents knock you
> down every time you tried until you developed the coordination to resist
> being knocked down?
>
> Why are you hating anyone? Bill Gates didn't make anyone stupid and
> neither did God. Bill Gates told people that ease of use was all that
> there was to computers. He also neglected to tell potential customers
> that pure ease of use without a solid foundation in a secure, proper
> design would negate the effects of the ease of use. I don't think that
> anyone (including yourself) can be self-righteous enough to claim that
> they have never been influenced by a daily bombardment of ads from
> various companies, including software companies.
>
> Why don't you spend your time trying to inform those people that got
> their boxes "owned" instead of wasting our time calling them names.
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